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So moku, VIII, 38 :—#& RK. Japonice: benkeisoo. Sedum 
erythrostictum, Miq.—Comp. also Phon zo, XXXVI, 1. 
Stes., Icon. ined., IV:—Same Chinese name, Sedum 
telephiotdes ? 
Srzs., Geon., 337:—Sedum telephioides. Japonice : 
benkusoo ; sinice: #t JE BE. Adhibetur in heemorrhagiis. 
Phon 20, XXXVI, 6, 7:—it Xe HI. The plant repre- 
sented under this Chinese name looks like an Euphorbia. 
206.—[5 #4 cht i. P., XXI,1. 7., LXXIV. 
Comp. Rh ya, 129. 
Pie lu:—The chi li grows in Kiang nan [App. 124] 
in ponds and swamps. 
In the Lei kung yao tui it is called ff] Bi tse i and 
said to grow in rivers—The Shuo wen calls it Ae Ze shui ¢ 
(water covering). 
T‘so Huna-xin¢:—In the south the people use it for 
making paper. It is also used as a medicine. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The chi li is the same as the 
7K & shui tai (water moss or fucus), of which in the time 
of the Tsin dynasty [3rd cent.] a paper, called {Bij #8 ®E 
tse li chi, was made. It is a kind of coarse moss or fucus, 
of a dark green colour, growing in the water. The paper 
made of it is also called ZF BG tai chi. In the Tung yang- 
Jang [4th cent.] it is stated that this moss grows on stones 
in water. It is green, has the appearance of hair and is 
also called 7 $= shi fa (stone hair). 
K‘ou Tsune-snr [12th cent.]:—The chi li is now 
Collected and dried for food by the people, under the 
name = ji} t‘ai fu (preserved fucus). The Fy Zp és‘ing 
Cat (green moss) is similarly treated. Both are very 
_ Rourishing. They are common in the market of Pien king 
sea feng fu, in Ho nan. See App. 248]. 
